KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 22:27–28
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Job 22:27
27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
27Thou shalt make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare thee, and thou shalt pay thy vowes.
Job 22:28
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
28Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shal be established vnto thee: and the light shall shine vpon thy wayes.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 22:27
To perform, conduct, or carry out the stated action.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To discharge a debt or obligation; to render what is due, fulfill a promise, reward, or recompense.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Solemn promises made to God; or, as a verb, makes such promises, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 22:28
An authoritative order, determination, or appointed rule; also to order or establish authoritatively.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
established
Set firmly, founded, made stable, ordained, ratified, or confirmed in the matter spoken of.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Visible brightness; something that gives illumination; not heavy; to kindle, illuminate, or come down upon, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor. To give light, real or figurative.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 27
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Open the full verse study9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
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Open the full verse study14And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
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Open the full verse study1I LOVE the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
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Open the full verse study14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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Open the full verse study15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
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Open the full verse study26He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
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Open the full verse study17I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
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Open the full verse study4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
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Open the full verse study28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
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Open the full verse study13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
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Open the full verse study9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study14I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
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Open the full verse study12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
From verse 28
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Open the full verse study22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
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Open the full verse study17And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
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Open the full verse study4Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
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Open the full verse study21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
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Open the full verse study18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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Open the full verse study12¶ Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
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Open the full verse study37¶ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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Open the full verse study2¶ But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
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Open the full verse study4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
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Open the full verse study3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
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Open the full verse study15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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Open the full verse study11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
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